“Enough talk, now read!”

“Read now, talk later.”

“Silent reading means silent, now stop talking and read.”

“I can't, Muffin. I can't talk to him.Why? He was good enough to sleep with, but not good enough to talk to now that he know's that you're part fish?”

“If you read this, read it for that reason that Lestat is talking again, that he is frightened, that he is searching desperately for the lesson and for the song and for the raison d'etre, that he wants to understand his own story and he wants you to understand it, and that it is the very best story he has right now to tell. If that's not enough, read something else. If it is, read on. In chains, to my friend and my scribe, I dictated these words.Come with me. Just listen to me. Don't leave me alone.”

“Ever read this?""Let's cut corners. To hell with literature. You're clever and I'm beautiful. Now let's talk about who we really are.”